ELIZABETH BRIGHAM Photo courtesy Davidson College

Elizabeth Brigham, a 2004 Davidson College graduate, is the new director of the Jay Hurt Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Davidson. The Hurt Hub supports early-stage start-ups and provides opportunities for students to bridge what they are doing in classrooms with the outside world through collaborations with entrepreneurs and businesses and community partners.

The 23,000-square-foot Hurt Hub also provides co-working space, private offices, classrooms and office space for anchor tenants.

“We are extremely fortunate to have someone with Liz’s special blend of passion, experience and intelligence as the director of the Hurt Hub,” said entrepreneur Jay Hurt, a 1988 graduate whose $5 million gift fueled the creation of the facility and its programs. It opened in 2018.

Brigham, who has an MBA from the University of Michigan comes to Davidson College from Morningstar Inc.